The Sports Festival.

Todoroki Shouto was not excited.

He could barely use his fire correctly, he naturally always defaulted towards Firey, and now that he couldn't use his cards, Shouto was afraid of hurting someone. Which is kind of inevitable, when talking about the Sports Festival, but nonetheless, Shouto doesn't like hurting people.

Can't he be a hero without hurting someone?

Sure, he'll do it if he has to, but he doesn't like hurting people.

He's also noticed a couple of things while hanging out with Midoriya, or just being in the same class as him in general. Why, why did All Might seem so interested in him? All Might constantly praises Midoriya, All Might's asked Midoriya to have lunch with him, is it because they had nearly the same quirk? Shouto didn't know. But with that, weren't quirks hereditary?

"Is Midoriya All Might's child or something?" Shouto wondered aloud.

That caught the attention of Kero who was currently gaming on Shouto's phone. "Bush? And All Might? Impossible."

Shouto frowned, "why's that? They have almost the same quirk."

"It's because of that. You said quirks were hereditary once, right? So are appearances. All Might doesn't look like Bush."

"But appearances can vary nowadays."

"What if there's a quirk that can be passed on like the cards?" Kero asked, "Wouldn't that be cool?"

"That's absurd, Kero," Shouto said, "Quirks are quirks. They're just mutations. One that can be passed on...?"

"It was just a theory."

"I still think Midoriya's All Might's child."

"Fair enough."

~~~

Shouto managed to catch Aizawa before he left to the teachers' lounge during lunch. "Aizawa-sensei, can I ask a favor?"

"Depends on what it is."

"Can you take care of the cards for me during the Sports Festival?" Heck, Shouto didn't know why he was asking Aizawa. Was it so bad to try and trust someone? Momo wouldn't be able to watch the cards since she'd be fighting. Kero would be intently watching... He should trust Aizawa, Aizawa's a pro-hero after all. Nothing would happen to the cards, right? Right?

Is he have separation anxiety or something? Why is he so afraid of separating from the cards?

"Yes, I can," Aizawa replied, "Leave with me."

Shouto expected a 'sure' not a firm 'yes I can' but nonetheless, he nodded and said, "Thank you, Aizawa-sensei." He then skedaddled to lunch.

~~~

The day of the Sports Festival had him nervous. Shouto didn't want to leave the cards with anyone else.

Momo:

Aizawa -sensei's taking care of the cards, right?

7:00 AM • SMS

Me:

Yes, i asked him yesterday

7:01 AM • SMS

Good.

You shouldn't worry about the cards during the festival

Aizawa -sensei's a pro

And they can defend themselves,

Along with Kero

7:01 AM • SMS

Shouto had no idea how Momo somehow knew exactly what he was thinking.

Me:

I'll try not to

And yes they can

Thanks, Momo

I'll see you at school

7:02 AM • SMS

See you.

7:03 AM • SMS

Shouto sighed, tucked his phone away and slapped Kero awake. "Chop, chop, we're leaving."

"Already?" Kero asked. The guardian groaned, "Five more minutes."

"Not allowed." He stuffed Kero into the bag and was out the door quickly. Shouto felt the bag slightly shift on his walk to school, which meant the plushie was getting comfortable.

"Good morning, Todoroki-kun!" Uraraka greeted, "Are you excited for the Sports Festival today?"

Shouto wishes he could say yes, and surprisingly to him, he did, "Yes."

"Great! Me too!"

Soon Shouto's classmates all filed into the room, they changed and then walked onto the field.

"Will Bakugo Katsuki, first place on the exam please come up onto the podium?" Midnight asked.

The kids around Shouto sneered. "She means the hero course exam, anyway."

"Why does he get to represent us?"

"He looks stuck-up, are all hero course students like this?"

"I am going to win," Marshmellow said.

"What a stuck-up statement by Bakugo Katsuki ! Is he underestimating the rest of the students?!"

"This is his way of being fired up. He's not underestimating anyone, he's taking the challenge."

Shouto didn't agree with that statement. Was Marshmellow going to win? Hell no. There's a bunch of other people here, heck, Shouto wants to win, and he will. But Shouto also noticed how that statement fueled people up.

Hm, maybe Marshmellow's a good leader.

Why did I think that again?

Midnight took the mic, explained the rules for the first event, which was an obstacle race. After she exclaimed, "ready, set, go!"

The chaos started.

Predictably, Shouto froze the floor, shot himself up and ran on his ice over the other courses. Once out of the tunnel, he stopped using his ice rather abruptly, and activated his fire side. He focused on warming himself up until...

"Are those the zero pointers from the exam?!"

"The hero course fought these?!"

"Obstacle One; the robot field! Who will pass this difficult obstacle? Oh, Bakugo Katsuki is in the lead!"

Shouto wasn't going to let himself get beat. He forced himself to go faster.

"Target locked."

The robot went for Shouto,

And got burned down a moment later.

Shouto wasn't playing.

"A robot destroyed with a startling display of power! Todoroki Shouto takes the lead!"

And he will keep his lead. Or that was the plan, anyway.

There was a big canyon mid-way, which Shouto easily crossed with an Elsa-like bridge of ice.

"A mine-field?! How will the students pass this?!"

"They can pass it easily if they're smart."

"Oh, thanks for joining, Eraser!"

A mine-field. Shouto felt low-key pissed off. Was Yuuei trying to murder their students?! Shouto shrugged it off, he had to focus. This, for him, took a lot of control. When running and feeling the slight vibration of the mine, he froze it quickly so it wouldn't have the chance to explode.

His first attempt failed, the force of the explosion hurt, but since it was on his fire side, it wasn't burned.

Shouto was happy, until he saw Midoriya flying. Shouto's happy mood went down the drain. Did he even think of how he's going to land? Why is he so reckless?! Shouto sped up, his breathing becoming heavier.

" Midoriya Izuku flies to the finish line! How is he going to land?!"

Shouto had to help him, that's all he thought. He promised himself he wasn't going to use magic, but this situation called for it. He concentrated on his legs and suddenly got a boost. Running across the finish line, Shouto didn't stop.

Midoriya, this is going to hurt. Shouto attempted to slowdown Midoriya's fall with ice. Which was really difficult since ice, you know, hurts. Midoriya needs to visit Recovery Girl after.

Midoriya did eventually make it safely to the ground, although he had to roll it was still safe.

" Todoroki Shouto in second place after a mad sprint to help Midoriya Izuku land!"

Shouto was relieved. "Midoriya, what were you thinking when you started flying? It seemed like you didn't have a plan to land."

Midoriya smiled sheepishly, "I didn't..."

Uraraka joined them, "That was so cool, Deku!"

Deku? Doesn't Bakugo call him that? And even then, isn't it degrading? "He could've gotten pretty much destroyed."

"But he didn't!"

Shouto glanced at Midoriya, "I think you should visit Recovery Girl. Ice isn't very soft."

Midoriya smiled brighter than the Sun (Shouto had to squint), "I'm fine, thank you, Todoroki!"

"That's good."

"Congrats on getting second place, Shouto!"

Shouto turned around to see Momo jogging over to them, "Thanks, Momo."

"The sports festival is suuuuper cool so far!" Uraraka exclaimed.

Then she and Momo started talking about something Shouto couldn't even catch an ear of. Shouto looked at Midoriya, who seemed to be muttering up a storm. "Midoriya."

"A-ah, uh, yeah?"

"Can I speak to you privately later?"

"S-sure," Midoriya squeaked out. Shouto saw the faint gleam of curiosity in his eyes.

"Alright, fetuses, pay attention!" Midnight explained the rules to the second event, which granted Shouto some amusement of seeing Midoriya's face turn into horror.

And now they were assembling teams. Shouto didn't know who to team up with. He saw Midoriya's crestfallen face when Iida walked away, and a lot of other school kids as well. He walked to Midoriya and asked, "Midoriya, do you want to team up?"

Midoriya looked like he was debating it but quickly nodded. Soon, Uraraka and Hatsumi Mei joined their team, and Midoriya was the rider. "Okay, let's go!"

" Bakugo Katsuki's team charges at Midoriya Izuku's team first minute!"

Predictably, the team that attacked them first was Bakugo's. "DEKUUUUU!"

Midoriya panicked as he debated his options, "Todoroki, can you freeze-"

"What?! The Bakugo team was frozen in place? This is the work of Todoroki Shouto ! He was trained rather well, wasn't he?"

"On it," Shouto replied. Their team was momentarily frozen in place. "They have Ashido, it's not going to last. We have a few minutes at most."

"Okay, Uraraka, can you float all of us and Hatsume, can you use the jetpacks to steer us away from everyone else?"

"Yep/You got it!"

"They're moving now," Shouto informed.

"Go!" Midoriya ordered and they sped off.

"The Midoriya team flies through the arena! Is Midoriya starting a flying trend throughout the events?"

Shouto doesn't like not touching the ground, which is probably because of the fact that he can't make ice in mid-air. But nonetheless, he endured it for the time being.

"Hey, hero course! How stuck up are you?!" A general education student said.

Shouto watched as Ojiro seemed to shut down. Is that, that student's quir-

"The underdog, Shinsou Hitoshi from Gen Ed strikes! No one knows how many points he's gotten, but he's destroyed full teams thus far!"

"Todoroki! Make a fire!"

Due to the urgent tone in Midoriya's voice, he made fire rather quickly, "Yes?"

"Can you throw it?"

Shouto actually never tried that. "I can try."

"Throw it at Asui's team!"

Shouto did just that. He watched the frog girl's team retreat.

"A fireball is thrown and Asui Tsuyu's team change their track! Kendo Itsuka's team better watch out, Asui's is charging!"

"Kaminari's going to use indiscriminate shock!" Uraraka exclaimed.

Midoriya panicked and cursed. Hatsume decided to use her chemistry smart right now, "He can use ice! Use the ice! It's a poor conductor!"

But it's still a conductor? Shouto followed what she said anyway and made an ice dome around the whole team.

" Midoriya 's team is trapped in an ice dome! A good or a poor defense against the Bakugo team attack?"

Shouto sighed in relief when only a little electricity stung them. He ignored the stinging that it caused him as he asked, "Is everyone okay?"

"Yeah," Midoriya sighed in relief. "How many minutes do we have?"

"About five, give or take," Hatsume relayed.

"Can- huff- we stay in this dome?" Uraraka asked.

Shouto nodded, "it's preferable that we do."

"A-alright, we'll stay," Midoriya said.

"DEKUUUUUU!" An enraged shout came from outside the dome.

"Is that even allowed? Bakugo Katsuki is flying towards the ice dome!"

"It's allowed as long as he doesn't touch the floor."

" Bakugo Katsuki slams onto the ice dome! Can he break it?"

Shouto sighed, "Will you like me to reinforce it?"

"You can-"

"DEKUU, DON'T IGNORE ME!" Bakugo broke through the ice dome and was flying straight towards Midoriya's headband.

"Uraraka!" Midoriya exclaimed.

They were floating again and moving. "Todoroki!"

Shouto activated his fire and burned through his own dome. They launched out of the dome. However, they were too late.

"Bakugo caught my headband!" Midoriya exclaimed.

"How?!" Uraraka asked.

"While we were-"

"Let's get it back then," Hatsume suggested.

"We still have Todoroki's to fall back on if we fail, Deku!" Uraraka said.

"Okay, let's go," Midoriya pointed at Bakugo, "Charge!"

And that they did. But instead of actually getting the headband, Midoriya missed.

"I missed it-"

" Todoroki Shouto burns the million point headband?!"

"Todoroki?!" Midoriya shouted, clearly surprised.

Shouto merely said a 'yes?' in reply.

"And that concludes the games!" Midnight exclaimed. "In first place, we have the team of Shinsou Hitoshi! In second place, we have the team of Midoriya Izuku! In third place, we have the team of Itsuka Kendo! In fourth place, we have the team of Bakugo Katsuki!"

Shouto's team celebrated, and Shouto felt elated. He was happy and prideful of his win.

"We did it!" Uraraka high-fived everyone.

"We will be taking a break to prepare the arena for the finals! Get your food over at the food court, I heard it's absolutely poppin' today! Let's get some lunch, eh, Eraser?"

"Sure."

"We'll see you after lunch!"

Shouto smiled.

~~~

"That was amazing, Shouto!" Momo exclaimed, "You burned the headband without burning Bakugo!"

"I did?" Shouto asked, poking Kero lightly to annoy him. He had gotten the cards just over lunch break since he figured Aizawa needed to eat too. "I never knew."

"Really?" Momo asked, "That was like perfect control. You're getting better with your fire, Shouto!"

"I guess I am," Shouto smiled lightly. He counted the cards again and looked at Momo, "Would you like your fortune?"

Momo responded, "Why not?"

Shouto put the cards in the same way Sakura used to do. The way Kero had taught him. Revealing the first card, he looked at Momo, "It seems you're going to have a loss but it's going to be a win."

"What does that mean?"

Shouto shrugged, "Whatever you want it to."

~~~

"Are you All Might's illegitimate child?"

Midoriya sputtered as he turned bright red, reminding Shouto of a strawberry. "H-how did y-you get that i-idea?"

"All Might stares at you as if you're family," Shouto stated, "You have a connection to All Might, and dare I say, the same quirk."

"We don't have the same quirk!" Midoriya defended, "That's like saying you're Endeavor!"

Shouto went silent at that. It was a bit hypocritical to demand someone else's secret when they don't know yours.

Midoriya's face twisted in regret before saying, "I-I'm sorry, t-that was o-out of l-line..."

"It's fine."

"I-I'll tell y-you... Only i-if y-you tell m-me what you d-did back at USJ."

Shouto hummed, "Tell me, Midoriya, do you believe in magic?"

Midoriya's eyes shined as he stated,

"Yes, yes I do."

~~~

Fin.

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A/N: If you liked this chapter, please comment lol. They mean a lot to me :D